Plans for Vicksburg Bicentennial underway: But will celebration present an inclusive and accurate historic account of a Black majority city?
Incorporated on January 29, 1825, the city of Vicksburg was named for Newitt Vick, a land speculator and methodist minister who died in 1814, 11 years before the actual incorporation of the city. Vick is credited with the founding of Vicksburg in 1811. The city of Vicksburg has entrusted a number of community organizations and civic groups with the responsibility of planning and developing the 200th celebration of Vicksburg’s founding. How representative and accurate a celebration the Vicksburg Bicentennial will be remains unclear. Nevertheless, a number of activities on a scale rarely seen in the Mississippi heartland has been promised. Toni Williams, a member of the Vicksburg Bicentennial Planning Committee, says a broad range of outstanding events will be presented. The Bicentennial kicks off at 2 p.m,. January 29, 2025, with the Mayor’s Proclamation. The Bicentennial Parade begins at 5:00 p.m. the same day. In April 2025, music and cultural
EPA/DOJ conduct hearing on Jackson water supply system
The Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) is the federal law that sets the standards for Jackson’s public water system with the aim of supplying everyone a steady and healthy supply of drinking water. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Justice (DOJ), the two federal agencies responsible for the enforcement of SDWA standards, conducted public hearings on October 10-11 at JSU’s e-Center to elicit opinions and evaluations from Jackson water customers about their new water delivery system that has been in place just one month shy of two years. Since failing an EPA inspection in 2012, the City of Jackson had been unable to bring its system into compliance with EPA standards in the ensuing years, due mainly to inadequate funds, a dysfunctional metering system, and inadequate personnel to run it. After a record freeze in winter 2021, Jackson’s O. B. Curtis water processing plant was closed for
From Leaders to Legends: Celebrating the 2024 JSU Sports Hall of Fame class
On October 18, 2024, Jackson State University honored the 2024 class of its Sports Hall of Fame. Fourteen men and women were inducted in front
Boston Mass General Brigham resident doctors visit historic Mississippi Delta
Under the auspices of Mass General Brigham Hospital a select group of resident doctors now better understand how the civil rights movement and the plight
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Cade Chapel partners with NPHC to stimulate voter engagement
JANS – Cade Chapel Missionary Baptist Church recently recognized the work of the local affiliate of the National Pan Hellenic Council. In the interest of
Justis Gibbs enjoying run as national surrogate for Harris/Walz campaign
JANS – State Rep. Justis Gibbs has been serving as a national surrogate to the Harris/Walz campaign since late September in battleground states to target
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OPINION: Attacks on people’s stories are attacks on people. Just ask a librarian.
By Ben Jealous Jackson Advocate Guest Writer Your traditions and place in the American storyline are not real or valid. The history of your people
OPINION: We should all follow the Georgia voter turnout example
By Dr. John E. Warren San Diego Voice & Viewpoint Newspaper Publisher On the first day of voting in the state of Georgia, more than
OPINION: JSU Faculty Senate expresses support for free speech, shared governance and opposition to the termination of prof. and Faculty Senate President, Dr. Dawn Bishop McLin
On Thursday, October 17, 2024, the Faculty Senate at Jackson State University affirmed and issued a resolution on the matter of Dr. Dawn Bishop McLin